The technical chart pattern of Whitbread PLC stock suggests the beginning of a trend reversal over the medium term.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to Refinitiv.
Strengths
● The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
● The group's high margin levels account for strong profits.
● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
● Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
● The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
Weaknesses
● One of the major weak points of the company is its financial situation.
● With an enterprise value anticipated at 3.45 times the sales for the current fiscal year, the company turns out to be overvalued.
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Whitbread PLC is a leading British hotel, restaurant, and coffee shops. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- hotel operations (72.2%; No. 1 in the United Kingdom): owns, as of 02/03/2023, 898 hotels under the Premier Inn brand, mainly located in the United Kingdom (847; 83,500 rooms) and Germany (51; 9,000 rooms) ;
- operation of restaurants (27.8%): owns 800 restaurants and pubs under the Premier Inn, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table, Cookhouse & Pub, Bar+Block and Thyme brands;
- other (0.4%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom and Ireland (94.8%), Germany (4.5%) and other (0.7%).